Practice patterns and outcomes in patients presenting to the emergency department with acute heart failure

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Richter, Crystal A ^a   Kalenga, Jean Claude M ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^a   Bresee, Lauren C ^a   Tsuyuki, Ross T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitors; Congestive heart failure; Diuretics; Drugs; Health outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; NITRATE; SALBUTAMOL; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OXYGEN THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ACUTE DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649995984     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(09)70092-3     Document Type: Article

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